Philippines: "We Need Real Land Reform"

For example, in Carlotta, they removed the chair of the union and appointed another. They tell the workers to get out of our union. Alongside the army, there are also "vigilantes," veritable death squads that the planters use against our workers, and they are more numerous everywhere. Aquino's hesitations over the agrarian reform are giving the army the opportunity to act as it pleases. You might think that Aquino herself has lost her grip on the occupation army. * September 28, 1987 • International Viewpoint